Jovian Sky Whale porn

Yeah no.

p:Peyote Grrl out on the skyways with her pet Scylla. super pumped day!

The Buonbouttees

The Buonbouttees, Chuck and Delores. I think they are vacationing on the Moon, but not certain. I'll get back to you on that.

The Knobs

The Knob couple are out for a pleasant evening walk through Spiral Town. The Knobs own a shop outside of town, out on the highway.

It's the Highway Knobbery.

Cactus Run

I rendered these Cactus people running. Not really sure why they are running:

This 3D art is done in a virtual application called Medium, supported on a Oculus machine at my local library. There are five cactus people, two guys and three women.

They are in a little sandbox virtual environment, surrounded by a warm shallow sea. 

I figured they are having fun. Cactus people running around near a sea, even though that makes no sense, unless they are in Chile maybe.

But then I realized they don't seem to be having fun. Maybe its because I forgot to put penises on the cactus guys, in which case that retracts on the fun in general. Definitely for the guys.

But then, I started to think there was a sense of urgency about the running.

Certain amount of panic and desperation, I thought.

This isn't running on the beach, this is full on get the hell out of Dodge.

Oh, that explains it.

The Cactus people are in Jotunheim. 

On The Shores Of Lake Chagan*

Last year my back went out big time. It was a mortality moment, an ability moment, a humbling moment. A moment when I realized I have a limited number of deep sea fishing expeditions left. I realized I can't go out there like Thor drinking beer all weekend and haul in Jormundgandr, that world-girdling serpent up from the undersea abyss.

 I've been a beast most of my life. A freaking bull. A Tarzan. A Viking. Even two years ago, I'd go eight hours of hard physical punishment easy and shrug it off the next day. And honestly for a (then) 60-year-old, that's pretty good.

Things change. I am not immune to the heat death of the Universe. Entropy applies to me. So, I'm modifying my behavior to something more sedate.

Combine this realization with the ongoing onslaught of technology, and creatng 3D art via constructive virtual reality applications, manifesting through 3D printing and traditional metal casting, means I'm not out of the picture.

A friend of mine looks at this work and says, it's too clean, too perfect, too digitally immaculate.

Oh, don't worry. I can get it messy again. Never fear.

Plus, I've moved on from making people to making worlds. Not as cheap as writing, but it suits me.



*Lake Chagan was a radioactive lake created by an atomic bomb in Kazakhstan by the Soviets during their dubious mega-industrial nuclear landscaping phase. I called this piece that because it just has a Soviet vibe to it. Perhaps it is the faux onion towers of the spiral conch city. Perhaps it is brutal Stalinist apartment guy and his dressed-to-the-nines Russian lady. Also, I'm pretty sure there was a fire in brutal Stalinist apartment guy.

Adventures in Virtual Reality

In January, I discovered my local library had an Oculus Rift. An application on there called Medium allowed me to sculpt in virtual reality. It's a big deal. I was able, in a matter of hours, to create sculptural content that would have taken me days or longer to build in the real world. I also discovered how much I miss working in color. I plan on continuing this activity at the library as often as I can.

The only thing that stymies me is making these things manifest. For that, I need a 3D printer. I may need to find a service. Shapeways, maybe.

Spring 2018 Bronzes

Hey.

I've some new bronzes up I completed from end of April or so. They are all 1/12th scale which seems to be the default now.

I am making molds for new waxes, perhaps up to 1/6th scale. Toys R Us is going out of business with 40-60% off. I hit them up to see what's come out of the warehouse in terms of actions figures.

(I'm also working on a 3D print file. I have a figure I took images of but all the free software that used to be around is gone. I cannot generate a mesh for free online anymore. So, I'm investigating what open source stuff will run on my 15 year old laptop. Answer, nothing so far. Dropped the ball on this photogrammetry/CAD stuff two years ago, and now it looks like I will have to pay a service).

Okay, the bronzes.

Blown Away

This is either a study in stubbornness or a tribute to poor planning.

Babies Got Back

 This was just kind of playing around with scale and found objects (milk seed pods, plastic stuff)

Merry Christmas Pottersville

 This one was done back in 2017. I submitted it for a biennial art show I've gotten into since 2010 and it was rejected! Son of a-

Merry Christmas Pottersville!

Merry Christmas flophouse!

Merry Christmas dive bar!

Merry Christmas payday loans!

Mycosis Mytosis My Sister With The Mostest

 Again, kind of playing around with stuff I developed last year. You know, exploitation of explorations. The "bodies" were actually these horrible plaster molds for ice cream cones. I poured wax in and then mangled the ice cream toppings. Gonna do more of these I think.

Ooh La La

 This one sold for $425. In a private collection now.

Saint Wumpus

The mate to this one didn't make it. Froze out and not salvageable. The bronze couple are set up so that they usually do not stand on their own but require their partner to balance each upright. I would  set the waxes on the kitchen counter overnight and let the freight trains that are on the tracks 100 feet away knock 'em over. If they survived a few nights, they were good to cast.

Sausage

 Really not much to say about this one. Sausage.

Luckiest Brothers in the Universe

These pieces were done beginning of 2017 but just sat around separately until one night I placed them together and said OK.

So, there you go. There was a small number this time. I've lost access to a studio and am now just working on the waxes in my kitchen and investing and casting them where I can. Kind of a nomad situation where I trade casting for skills/assistance.

That's it.